by Sandy » Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:01 pm
Today's news from the Democrats is small potatoes stuff compared to the RNC's week of disorder. It's a squabble that has been brewing for a while, and was a way for the Sanders campaign to assert themselves prior to the convention. Bigger news is that it seems that in addition to the Ku Klux Klan, the Russians are attempting to sway the election in Trump's favor.
Kaine was a great choice for VP in a lot of ways. One, he's not up for re-election this year, in a key swing state where the governor is a Democrat, and where he's personally popular enough to secure the state's electoral votes in November. So they don't risk a senate seat, they gain a key swing state that significantly narrows the opponent's electoral path, and they get an articulate, popular candidate who is a political asset.